''The One That Got Away'' is a British television crime drama series, first broadcast on ''

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''. The series is an English-language adaptation of the

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show ''Cleddau'', originally produced for ''

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'', which was first broadcast on 13 October 2024. The series was made available on

from 25 February 2025.

Premise

The murder of student nurse Abby Rayner in the Welsh seaside town of

Pembroke Dock Pembroke Dock () is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau. Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly following the constr ...

bears the hallmarks of a double murder twelve years ago. The original investigative team of DI Ffion Lloyd and DS Rick Sheldon are reunited to help crack the case, but their own personal history, having been previously engaged, threatens to turn both of their worlds upside down.

Cast

Elen Rhys Elen Rhys (born 2 September 1983) is a Welsh actress, known for her roles as Gwen in the 2011 film ''Panic Button'' and Miranda Blake in the BBC drama ''The Mallorca Files ''The Mallorca Files'' is a British police procedural television drama ...

as DI Ffion Lloyd * Richard Harrington as DS Rick Sheldon * Rhian Blythe as Helen Sheldon * Ioan Hefin as DCI Alan Vaughan * Aled Pugh as DS Celyn Howells * Mali Ann Rees as DC Mog 'Moggsy' Morgan *

Ian Puleston-Davies Ian Puleston-Davies (born 6 September 1958) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his role as builder Owen Armstrong in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2010 to 2015. In November 2014, ITV announced that Puleston-Davies was leav ...

as Paul Harvey * William Thomas as Griff Lloyd *

Sharon Morgan Sharon Morgan (born 29 August 1949) is a Wales, Welsh actress of stage and screen, currently based in Cardiff. She was brought up in the village of Llandyfaelog. She is best known for her work within the Welsh film and television industries and ...

as Delyth Lloyd *

Hannah Daniel Hannah Daniel (born 20 January 1986) is a British actress from Cardiff, Wales, best known for her roles on TV series ''Hinterland'', ''Keeping Faith'' and ''Holby City''. Early life Hannah Daniel was born in Cardiff. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Gy ...

as Lisa Redwood * Eiry Thomas as Anna Harvey * Gwidion Rhys as Rhys Moss * Matthew Aubrey as Mel Owen * Sion Alun Davies as Jamie Tilston * Sule Rimi as Alex Hinton

Production

The six-part series is produced by BlackLight TV and written by Catherine Tregenna, with a cast led by Richard Harrington and

and also including Rhian Blythe. It is the English-language rendition of Welsh-language drama ''Cleddau'', an original series for Welsh language broadcaster ''

'' and is set and shot in

. An all-Welsh cast also includes Sule Rimi,

, Ioan Hefin, Aled Pugh, Mali Ann Rees, Will Thomas,

and

. The series was shot between November 2023 and April 2024, with the Welsh and English language versions made back to back.

Broadcast

The series was made available on

from 25 February 2025, with the subsequent broadcast on

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and

BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002

Reception

Writing in ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'', The One That Got Away was given four stars by

Lucy Mangan Lucy Mangan (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for ''The Guardian'' and an opinion writer for '' i'' news. Early life and education Mangan was born in 1974 and grew up in Catford, ...

who said the series "is a rare double delight – something not just better than you were expecting, but better than it needs to be." She described it as a "smartly plotted thriller" which "provides an astute portrait of complicated adults with complicated relationships that holds the attention no less than the twisty narrative".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:One That Got Away (British Tv Series), The 2025 British television series debuts 2025 British television series endings 2020s British crime drama television series Television shows set in Wales Television shows filmed in Wales British English-language television shows